UWO College of Nurses seeks Nightingale nominations

20th anniversary of Nightingale

Whether it's for care you have received or care given to a loved one, chances are you have encountered a new nurses in your lifetime who have been those sensitive and selfless professionals whose skill and compassion played a major role in healing.

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh wants to hear who you know the best of the best nurses are.

UW-Oshkosh's College of Nursing (CON) and Board of Visitors will recognize outstanding nurses and celebrate nursing excellence at the Nightingale Awards Dinner, which is being held April 17 at the new UW-Oshkosh Alumni Welcome an Conference Center on campus. First, they need nominations.

Nightingale Award nominations can be submitted by coworkers, supervisors, patients and even the general public. Nominees do not need to be UW-Oshkosh alumni to be nominated. You can submit your Nightingale nominations via a downloadable form at: http://www.uwosh.edu/go/nightingale.

Since 1993, UW-Oshkosh's Nightingale Awards have honored 110 nurses. All winners are registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who are involved in direct patient care and exemplify the highest standards of nursing practice.

Submit your nominations by Feb. 1. The College of Nursing's Board of Visitors will select the award recipients. Winners receive $1,000, a piece of artwork provided by healthcare agencies and private donors and recognition at the April 17 awards dinner.

Knowledge Powers Wisconsin

UW-Oshkosh has announced spring dates for the ACT Test Prep Course, a six-session course to help students better prepare to pass the ACT exam.

The course will be held Saturday mornings, Feb. 22 through March 29 on the UW-Oshkosh campus. Students will take an official, retired exam the morning of Feb. 22. Their scores will be analyzed, and a personalized study plan will be developed for each student, depending on their strengths and weaknesses.

The program provides a comprehensive textbook from America's premiere testing readiness program, Cambridge Educational Services. An additional official retired ACT exam is used as a final post-test the morning of March 29.

The program provides 12 hours of instruction in the four content areas of the ACT exam-English, reading, math and science reasoning. The course also features test-taking strategies and interactive skill drills.

The course fee is $164, and it includes the Cambridge ACT Victory textbook, official retired ACT pre- and post-tests and customized instruction for each student. Additional ACT prep courses will be offered in summer and fall 2014.

For more information on the ACT Test Prep Course, visit www.uwosh.edu/go/actprep or call the Division of Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement at (920) 424-1129 or toll free at (800) 633-1442.

Sustainability, collaboration in action

Businesses in the region eager to learn more about how to advance their sustainability initiatives are invited to register for UW-Oshkosh's Wednesday, March 19, "Sustainability and the Supply Chain" session, part of the Northeast Wisconsin Regional Educational Association's (NEW ERA's) Sustainable Business Exchange Breakfast Meetings series.

The NEW ERA-UW-Oshkosh event takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the UW-Oshkosh Student Rec and Wellness Center. It includes a light continental breakfast.

UW-Oshkosh College of Business Professor and Center for Sustainable Enterprise Director Steve Dunn and Aimee Niendorf of the UW-Oshkosh Renewable Energy Institute will host the event. It will showcase student and campus projects and feature the strides made by a local business or two, demonstrating how they have incorporated sustainability into their supply chains. The event will also make time for networking.